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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ELIAS B. HUNGERFOBD, OF CORNING, NE\V YORK.

RAIL-TIE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 276,414, dated April 24, 1883.

' Application filed June 12,1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ELIAS B. HUNGERFORD, of Corning, in the county of Steuben and State of New York,have invented a newand Improved Rail Tie, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of my invention is to provide a new and improved rail-tie which is strong, durable, and light, and which gives the rail a good and firm bearing, and can be removed or replaced very rapidly and conveniently.-

The invention consists in an ironrailroadtie having a part punched out and bent downward to form a tongue for holding the tie in place.

The invention further consists in a bed-plate adapted to he passed between the bottom of the base of the rail and the upper surface of the tie, which plate is provided with a curved jaw overlapping the base of the rail, and arabbet to receive a fastening-key for holding the rail on the tie.

The invention also consists in the combination, with the tie, the rail, and the bed-plate, of a key driven through apertures in the upright flanges of the tie and passing into a rabbet in the end of the bed plate, which key is provided with teeth which catch on the edge of one of the apertures in the flanges and lock the key in place, the base-flange of the rail, at the side opposite the jaw and key, being held by overlapping projections formed by undercutting the side flanges ot' the tie, all as hereinafter more fully described.

Reference is to he had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure l is a plan view of one end of my improved rail tie. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional elevation of the same on the line or a, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a perspectiveview ot the railclamping plate.

The tie A is made of rolled iron, and is provided with two upwardly-projectin g lon gitudinal flanges, B, which are provided at each end with recesses 0, having one end undercut to form projections or lugs a, for overlapping the base of the rail K. The recesses 0 do not extend to the bottom of the flanges, so that a space will be formed between the under surface of the rail base and the upper surface of the tie. A cast'metal bed-plate, D, is provided at one end, and on its upper surface with a curved jaw, E, projecting toward the opposite end of the plate, which curved jaw is adapted to overlap the base of the rail when this plate D is passed under the rail K, the thickness of this plate being such that it fills the space between the under side of the base of the rail and the upper surface of the tie. The base of the rail K is passed into the recess 0, and this plate .D

is driven under the rail, so that the curved jaw E will rest firmly against one side of the base of the rail, and the other side of the base of the rail will rest firmly against the lugs or projections a. The rail will thus be held in place by thejaw E and the lugs or projections to. The plateD forms a good and solid bearing for the rail and strengthens and stiffens the tie. The plate I) is provided at that end at which the jaw E is located with a rabbet, F. A key, G,

preferably made tapered or wedge -.shaped, is

driven through two corresponding apertures, H, in the flanges B, in such a manner that it will pass into the rabbet F, and thus hold the plate D firmly on the tie. This key is provided at its narrower end with a series of teeth, I), in its outer edge, which teeth catch on the edge of one of the apertures H, whereby the key will helockedin place. lfthekey is to be moved, it must first be driven or pressed toward the rail to disengage the teeth, and to permit this, one end of the rabbet F of the plate D is beveled or ehamfered, as shown at din Figs. 1 and 3. This key prevents a movement of the plate D in the direction of the length of the tie, and also prevents raising the end of the plate. Part of the tie A is cut or punched out and bent downward to form a downwardly-projecting tongue, J, which catches in thewearth and prevents displacement of the tie. The ties must be formed in such a manner that both curved j aws E of the platesD of one and the same tie will be at the same sides of the rails-thatis, must be at the right-hand or at the left-hand sides of the railsso that when the plates D are removed the tie can be moved longitudinally a short distance to permit lifting the rails K out of the recesses 0. If the jaws E would be at opposite sides of the rails, this would not be possible.

The plate D, having a jaw, E, can be used :2 summit tially as herein shown and described, and for the purpose set forth.

2. In a railway-tie, a bed-plate for the rail,

'constructed with a curved jaw for overlapping the base of the rail and holding it on the plate, and with a rabbet for receiving a fastening-key, substantially as herein shown and described.

3. The combination, with a railway tie and rail, of a bed-plate passed between the bottom of the base of the rail and the upper surface of the tie, and provided with a curved jaw to overlap the base of the rail, and with a rabbet for receiving a fastening-key, substantially as herein shown and described, and for the purpose set forth.

4. The combination, with a railway-rail and an apertured flanged tie, of a bed-plate passed between the bottom of the base of the rail and the upper surface of the tie, and provided with a jaw and rabbet, and a key for holding this bedplate on the tie, substantially as herein shown and described.

5. The combination, with the rail K and the iron railway tie A, provided with upright flanges B, having recesses G, for receiving the base of the rail, and apertures H, of the bedplate D, passed under the rail, and provided with a jaw, E, overlapping the base, and of key Gr, passed through the'apert'ures H, substantially as hereinshown and described, and for the purpose set forth.

6. The combination, with the rail K and the iron railway-tie A, provided with longitudinal upright flanges B, having recesses O and apertures H, of the bed plate-D, provided with a curvedjaw, E, and with a rabbet, F, in the end, and ot'the key Gr,passed through the apertures H, substantially as herein shown and described, and for the purpose set forth.

7. The combination, with the rail K and the iron railway-tie A, of the bed-plate D, provided with a curved jaw, and a rabbet, F, in the end, and of the key G, provided with teeth 1), substantially as herein shown and described, and for the purposes set forth.

8. The combination, with the rail K and the iron rail way-tie A, of the bed-plate D, provided with a rabbet, F, having one end chamfered or beveled, the jaw E, and the key Gr, substan tially as herein shown and described, and for the purpose set forth.

.ELIAS B. HUNGERFORD. 

